Introduction

The "Hotel Melanoma" moniker is a metaphor for living with my particular brand of cancer. Except for those lucky few of us deemed "cured", all we cancer survivors are guests of one of the many, many branded hotels in the "Hotel Carcinoma" chain. We can check out any time we like, but we can never leave. Meanwhile, let's be livin' it up; and please support cancer education, prevention, and treatment research.

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Insurance Endurance

I spent some quality time on the phone today with my health insurance company. Round One goes to me-- they’ve acknowledged that they preauthorized the MRI in question and their claims department will be so informed. I just love these folks, and thanks to James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is”, I have a great old song to borrow to express my devotion…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zls8DFx9UCw&feature=related

How sweet it is to be insured by youHow sweet it is to be insured by you

I needed the shelter of insurance, there you wereI needed someone to understand my conditions, there you wereWith delays and commotionDeeply touching my emotionsI want to stop and thank you claims folksI want to stop and thank you claims folks (yes I do)

How sweet it is to be insured by you (feel so fine)How sweet it is to be insured by you

I close my eyes at nightWondering where would I be without you in my lifeEverything I’ve claimed is at your doorEvery time I call it seems we’ve been here beforeBut you brighten up for me all of my daysMy claims you’ve denied in so many waysI want to stop and thank you claims folksI just want to stop and thank you claims folks (woah, yeah)

How sweet it is to be insured by you (it's just like sugar sometimes)How sweet it is to be insured by you

(Woah, yeah)

You are slower to pay than a glacier movesFor me, it’s proof that we patients are abusedI want to stop and thank you claims folksI just want to stop and thank you claims folks (woah, yes)

How sweet it is to be insured by youHow sweet it is to be insured by you (woah, now)How sweet it is to be insured by you (it's like jelly, baby, woah now)How sweet it is to be insured by you (just like honey to the bee babe, yeah now)How sweet it is to be insured by youHow sweet it is to be insured by you

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My blog reflects an ongoing quest to find the good stuff and the funny stuff I've stumbled into during my stay at The Hotel Melanoma since receiving a Stage IIIc diagnosis in 2003. And to raise awareness about this relatively unknown brand of cancer. If you find it of value in your own quest, please share it with others and make a donation to your favorite melanoma nonprofit organization to fund melanoma education, prevention and treatment research. If you're wondering why my golden retriever, Jordan, is pictured here, well, he actually writes most of my posts and he's a lot better looking than me.

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At great risk of sounding like the corporate lawyer I used to be by making the perfectly obvious perfectly clear, here goes. Neither The University of Colorado Cancer Center nor any of its affiliated entities or individual persons (whether living, dead, or in some alternate plane of existence) has anything whatsoever to do with this blog. They don’t endorse it, sponsor it, approve it, or sanction it. Most likely they are completely unaware of it because they have better things to do than search the ‘net for blogs of patients, much less read them. Moreover, to the extent they are aware of it, they may not even like my writing or sense of humor. Nevertheless- and I’m acting solely and exclusively on my own here- I still hope you give them money to support the cause of melanoma (or other cancer) research. They do good work.